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''Lysichiton camtschatcensis'', common name Asian skunk-cabbage or white skunk cabbage, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and northern Japan. The common name "skunk cabbage" is used for the genus ''Lysichiton'', which includes ''L. americanus'', the western skunk cabbage, noted for its unpleasant smell. The Asian skunk cabbage is more variable: plants have been reported to smell disgusting, not at all, and sweet. In Japanese it is known as ''mizubashō'' (lit. "water-banana") from a supposed similarity to the Japanese banana, a name with poetic rather than malodorous associations.〔As described for example in photo handbook , p. 666〕 It is a robust herbaceous perennial growing to tall and wide, with strongly veined, glossy leaves long. In early spring it produces pointed white spathes up to long.〔, p. 1136〕 Like its close relative, ''L. americanus'', it is used as a marginal aquatic plant in gardens in Great Britain and Ireland. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1210 )〕 Hybrids between ''L. camschatcensis'' and ''L. americanus'', called ''Lysichiton'' × ''hortensis'', are also cultivated. These have larger spathes than either of the parents.〔 ==See also== *Western Skunk Cabbage: A related plant (in the same genus) from North America, which is known for producing a foul smell. *Eastern Skunk Cabbage: An unrelated plant (''Symplocarpus foetidus'') from North America, also known for its foul smell, and often confused with Western Skunk Cabbage 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lysichiton camtschatcensis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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